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J. E. PATTERSON & A. NOTEMAN.

HYDROGARBO'N BURNER. No. 884,067. Patented June 5, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE EARLAND PATTERSON AND ALONZO NOTEMAN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNORS OF ON E-THIRD TO WALTER O. LLOYD AND GEORGE F. WORTS,

BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,067, dated June 5, 1888. Application filed May 16, 1887. Serial No. 238,414. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JEssE EARLAND Par TERSON and ALONZO NOTEMAN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form partof this specification.

Our invention relates to a hydrocarbonburner, and has for its object to so perfectly vaporize the oil fed thereto and at the same time supply the necessary amount of air to oxygenize the entire product that a perfect combustion shall result. We attain these re sults by the mechanism illustrated in the drawings, in whicl1--- Figure l is a sectional elevation of a sufficient portion of the fire-box of the furnace to illustrate the preferred mode of attaching our combustion chamber therein, the combustion-chamber being also shown in cross-section to better show the induction-pipe and its con- Fig. 2 is'a plan view with part of theupper portion broken away to show the interior arrangement of the combustion-chamber.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

A represents the furnace-walls; B, the upper and lower doors thereof; 0, the combustionehatnber, composed of an upper and a lower pan, D and E, respectively.

E is the lower or fuel pan, being preferably square in horizontal cross-section and having slightly-inclined sides, the upper portion of which extends horizontally to form flanges E, adapted to rest upon brackets or hangers F, attached to the furnace-wall. The upper pan, D, is of the same general shape, but smaller, thereby adapting it to rest within the fuel-pan and allow the space between the sides and bottoms of the two pans, and is suspended therein by means of flanges D, formed upon the sides, of a width corresponding to the interiorof the the reservoir.

fire-box, said flanges resting upon lugs E, (either separate or formed integral therewith,) the lugs resting upon flanges E of pan E. The bottom portion or diaphragm of panD is perforated, as shown at G, for a purpose hereinafter stated.

H is the induction-pipe, leading from any preferred source of supply to the combustionchamber, and isprovided with a cock, I,whereby the supply of oil may be controlled, and also a check-valve, K, intermediate cock, I, and the fuel-pan, whereby when the supply of oil ceases, from any cause whatever, the valve K is closed, thereby obviating all danger of the fire communicating through the pipe to Pipe H is led in a horizontal direction to a pointdirectly beneath the center of a combustion-chamber, and from thence vertically to a union-coupling, L, into which are attached short pipes M. In the present instance four are employed, extending at right angles to the coupling. Pipes Mare closed at their outer end and are perforated on top in the direction of their lengths, and also on their sides at a point about one hundred and forty degrees from the top line of perforations.

N designates a layer of common ashes, asbestus, or any non-combustible material adapted to receive heat from the combustion of the petroleum vaporized by the fire and communicate the same to any volatile vapors con tiguous thereto.

In operation, cock I is opened, allowing oil to flow through pipe H, valve K opening freely by the pressure of the oil, permitting the same to flow to pipes M,whereupon, being ignited, the flame passes through perforations G of the combustion-chamber O. A vacuum is created in'the space between the sides of pans D and E, causing the external air to flow freely therein in the direction of the arrows, which eommingling therewith not only supplies the proper amount of oxygen to thoroughly vaporize the products of the petroleum, but conducts the heat to the point desired. The bottom of fuel-pan E, being supplied with aheat-refracting medium, any of the baser pro ducts of the oil tending to descend are rapidly volatilized and consumed, thereby utilizing every portion of the oil.

While we have described our method as adapted to a furnace, we wish it understood that it is equally well adapted to a stove, locomotive, stationary engine, or any device where 5 artificial heat is required, it being only necessary to conform the contour of the burner to the shapeof the device to which itis to be applied. Pipcs M may also be arranged as coils, or in any preferred manner, it only being nec- 1o essary that the perforated pipes be interme diate the upper and lower portions of the combustion-chamber, and provision being made for an induced current of external air passing around the pipes.

15 Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 13-- JESSE EARLAND PATTERSON. ALONZO NOTEMAN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM WEBSTER, J. E. RAYMER. 

